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Marsh confirmed there was growing frustration among players about throwing, both at international level and on the domestic scene.

Although the perceived problem in domestic competitions is not confined to overseas players, the Big Bash League has raised political sensitivities because of the influx of international players.

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There has been just one official ''mention'' by an umpire of a flawed action in Australian cricket this summer.

It takes three separate mentions in a season for an action to be analysed, but CA is looking to tighten that process because the short BBL season renders the existing procedures ineffective.

''There is an issue,'' Marsh said.

''You hear players, coaches talking about there being an issue and in world cricket we see that the problem is increasing. Certainly from the players' perspective we feel it is a blight on the game that needs to be addressed.

''It's a difficult one, because until you get to real-time testing it's not definitive, it's people using their judgment as to whether they think the bowlers bend their arm by more than 15 degrees. It is difficult and players' careers are at stake if umpires get it wrong. I think umpires feel that, and I think they also feel significant political pressure around this particular issue, and hence I think they are a bit gun shy to go down the path of reporting players.''

Former NSW fast bowler Aaron Bird, who retired in 2010, is the most recent case of an Australian cricketer whose career was blighted by doubts about his action.

CA aims to pick up potential problems with bowling actions, which could lead to injuries or throwing concerns down the track, at under-age level.

The International Cricket Council has commissioned Australian biomechanists to develop wearable sensors that can be fixed to the elbow to test bowling actions in match conditions or in training.

Promising initial results were published in the Sports Technology journal in September.

''The suspicion of throwing in the game of cricket is highly emotive. It is troublesome and damaging for player, team and even country,'' project leader Marc Portus and his team wrote.

''… It is clear that this is a tool that can be used in match conditions for the detection of suspect bowling action and as a coaching tool.

''As a coaching tool in developmental athletes, it can help to develop, refine and correct bowling actions in their formative years of athletic development to both improve performance as well as correct suspect actions.''